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Real Country is a country music showcase series featuring Shania Twain, Jake Owen and Travis Tritt.

In each episode, Twain, Owen and Tritt hand-select emerging solo artists, duos and groups to perform in showcases that spotlight the rich traditions, songs and themes of specific country genres. The best artists from each showcase will perform in a grand finale, for the chance to be named one of country music's next breakout acts.

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Scooter Brown Featured On USA Network's REAL COUNTRY Photo Scooter Brown Featured On USA Network's REAL COUNTRY
by Kaitlin Milligan - November 26, 2018

cooter Brown of the Scooter Brown Band performed Tuesday, November 20 on USA Network's new country music showcase series “Real Country.” The southern rocker was chosen by panelist and country music icon Travis Tritt to compete in the debut season of the series. Brown was recently featured in an arti...


Oxygen Media's Docu-Series UNSPEAKABLE CRIME: THE KILLING OF JESSICA CHAMBERS Premier Photo Oxygen Media's Docu-Series UNSPEAKABLE CRIME: THE KILLING OF JESSICA CHAMBERS Premieres Today
by BWW News Desk - September 15, 2018

Oxygen Media, the network for high-quality true crime programming, takes a deep dive into the horrific December 2014 murder of Jessica Chambers, the Mississippi teen who was doused with gasoline and set on fire, in the active crime investigation docu-series“Unspeakable Crime: The Killing of Jessica ...


November Concerts Announced at City Winery Chicago Photo November Concerts Announced at City Winery Chicago
by A.A. Cristi - October 23, 2017

November programming has been announced at City Winery Chicago. Highlights of the month include multi-night runs from Jazz vocalist (and Chicago transplant) Lizz Wright (Nov. 1-2), Herb Alpert of Tijuana Brass with his wife, Grammy-winning singer Lani Hall, (Nov. 6-7), and four shows over two days w...


Honey Harper Announces New Album 'Honey Harper & The Infinite Sky' Photo Honey Harper Announces New Album 'Honey Harper & The Infinite Sky'
by Michael Major - August 16, 2022

The Infinite Sky features their longtime bassist and contributing writer Mick Mayer, pianist John Carroll Kirby (Solange, Steve Lacy), Spoon keyboardist Alex Fischel, guitarist Jackson MacIntosh (Drugdealer, Jessica Pratt), pedal-steel player Connor Gallaher (Black Lips, Calexico), and TOPS drummer ...


BWW Interview: Matthew Overberg of MISS SAIGON at Orpheum Theatre Photo BWW Interview: Matthew Overberg of MISS SAIGON at Orpheum Theatre
by Christine Swerczek - May 23, 2019

It was so fascinating speaking with Matthew Overberg, ensemble member and language consultant for MISS SAIGON, running May 28-June 2 at the Orpheum Theatre in Omaha. Matthew has a special insight and expertise not only in theatre, but in Vietnamese language and culture. He has an amazing tale to tel...


Bemidji Community Theater Will Produce Two Radio Plays Photo Bemidji Community Theater Will Produce Two Radio Plays
by Stephi Wild - April 29, 2020

Members of the Bemidji Community Theater have teamed up with RP Broadcasting to produce two shows airing this week on Mix 103.7 and Real Country 98.3 FM stations....


USA Network Renews CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST and Greenlights a Spinoff Photo USA Network Renews CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST and Greenlights a Spinoff
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 30, 2018

Today, USA Network announced the pickup of an additional season of its flagship reality docuseries CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST, and greenlit a 16-episode spinoff, GROWING UP CHRISLEY. Both set to air in 2019, the spinoff will center on Chase and Savannah Chrisley as they road trip from Nashville to Los Ange...


E! Goes LIVE FROM THE RED CARPET for the EMMYS Photo E! Goes LIVE FROM THE RED CARPET for the EMMYS
by Kaitlin Milligan - September 13, 2018

As the stars come together for television's biggest night, 'E! News' Giuliana Rancic and Jason Kennedy will once again headline E!'s 'Live From The Red Carpet: The 2018 Emmy Awards' and bring fans the most spontaneous and authentic interviews with primetime TV's biggest stars and nominees alongside ...


Mindy Kaling, Kristen Bell are Premiere Week Guests on BUSY TONIGHT Photo Mindy Kaling, Kristen Bell are Premiere Week Guests on BUSY TONIGHT
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 25, 2018

E!'s new late night talk show, “Busy Tonight,” hosted by actress and The New York Times Best Selling author Busy Philipps, and executive produced by Tina Fey, premieres this Sunday, October 28th at 10pm ET/PT. Airing every Sunday through Wednesday, the show's premiere week features guests Mindy Kali...


Brennen Leigh Announces Opry Debut & Shares New Single 'I'm Still Looking for You' Photo Brennen Leigh Announces Opry Debut & Shares New Single 'I'm Still Looking for You'
by Michael Major - June 06, 2023

The album’s country roots run deep, with Chris Scruggs producing and contributing guitar, guests including Marty Stuart and Rodney Crowell, and a lineup of top-flight musicians. With thoughtful, incisive lyrics and vibrant melodies at the forefront, Leigh has successfully created a modern gem, while...


Alan Jackson Will Release New Album 'Where Have You Gone' Photo Alan Jackson Will Release New Album 'Where Have You Gone'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - April 02, 2021

Jackson – a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame – penned 15 of the album’s songs, including the title track. Keith Stegall, his longtime producer, once again plays that role on Where Have You Gone. ...


BWW Interview: John Cameron Mitchell on How HEDWIG Relates to Joe Exotic in JOE VS. C Photo BWW Interview: John Cameron Mitchell on How HEDWIG Relates to Joe Exotic in JOE VS. CAROLE
by Michael Major - March 08, 2022

Tony-winning Hedwig and the Angry Inch writer and star John Cameron Mitchell takes on the character of 'Tiger King' Joe Exotic in Peacock's new limited series, Joe Vs. Carole, alongside Saturday Night Live star Kate McKinnon as Carole Baskin. BroadwayWorld caught up with John Cameron Mitchell to dis...


BWW Interview: Adam Fleming of THE DARE PROJECT Opens Up About HAIRSPRAY, TOE PICK, W Photo BWW Interview: Adam Fleming of THE DARE PROJECT Opens Up About HAIRSPRAY, TOE PICK, WICKED, BARE and DARE!
by Ben Rimalower - October 09, 2019

Actor-singer-dancer-choreographer Adam Fleming became a part of Broadway history originating the roles of Sketch in Hairspray and Lucas in Bare. In 2005, he starred in David Brind and Adam Salky's acclaimed short film, Dare, about two teenage boys' tense, spark-filled encounter in a pool following h...


USA Network's REAL COUNTRY Adds Celebrity Guests Photo USA Network's REAL COUNTRY Adds Celebrity Guests
by Tori Hartshorn - August 16, 2018

USA Network announced today that its new music showcase series REAL COUNTRY has added country stars Trace Adkins, Wynonna Judd and Big & Rich as celebrity guests. The network also announced a special appearance by the beloved country icon Willie Nelson, and set Graham Bunn - most recently from South...


Nashville's City Winery Presents the 5th Annual 'The First And The Worst' Photo Nashville's City Winery Presents the 5th Annual 'The First And The Worst'
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 13, 2019

Grammy-winning and Emmy-nominated songwriter Desmond Child, The Last Songwriter and Real Country featured artist Jamie Floyd and four-week #1 smash "Speechless" co-writer Laura Veltz will take the stage at Nashville's City Winery on March 26, 2019 to perform the very first and the very worst songs t...


Scooter Brown Wins Male Vocalist Of The Year At Rocky Mountain Country Music Awards Photo Scooter Brown Wins Male Vocalist Of The Year At Rocky Mountain Country Music Awards
by Tori Hartshorn - January 17, 2019

Scooter Brown was awarded Male Vocalist of the Year at the 3rd Annual Rocky Mountain Country Music Awards presented by iHeartRadio on January 13 at the Union Colony Civic Center in Greeley, Colo. The awards celebrate the best in country music from 2018 in the Rocky Mountain region (including Colorad...


Channing Wilson Releases New Song 'Sunday Morning Blues' Photo Channing Wilson Releases New Song 'Sunday Morning Blues'
by Michael Major - January 03, 2023

Produced by GRAMMY Award-winning producer Dave Cobb, “Sunday Morning Blues” is Wilson’s third official release as an artist, following “Drink That Strong” and “Blues Comin’ On,” which debuted this past fall. With the music, Wilson is embarking on a new chapter of his career, after establishing himse...


Emmy Award Winner Louis J. Horvitz To Direct E!'s Inaugural Telecast Of PEOPLE'S CHOI Photo Emmy Award Winner Louis J. Horvitz To Direct E!'s Inaugural Telecast Of PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS
by Tori Hartshorn - June 26, 2018

E! announced today seven-time Emmy Award®-winning director Louis J. Horvitz will direct the network's first ever telecast of the “People's Choice Awards.” Horvitz joins Executive Producers Jesse Ignjatovic and Evan Prager of Den of Thieves and Wilshire Studios to helm the production of the only live...


USA Network's REAL COUNTRY Announces Contestants Photo USA Network's REAL COUNTRY Announces Contestants
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 30, 2018

Today, USA Network revealed the 21 artists competing in its new music showcase series REAL COUNTRY and the prizing they will be vying for. Set to premiere November 13 at 10/9, each contestant was hand-selected by the show's permanent panel of artists – five-time GRAMMY Award®-winning trailblazer Sha...


Ernest Drops 'This Fire' Headline Tour Dates Photo Ernest Drops 'This Fire' Headline Tour Dates
by Michael Major - April 24, 2023

Keeping the flame burning through the end of November, the singer/songwriter sparks excitement with a blazing lineup and adding fuel, enlisting fast-rising country traditionalist Jake Worthington, 2X #1 hit songwriter John Morgan, and ERN's Cadillac Music songwriter Cody Lohden for support across....


Album Review: Showman Ramin Karimloo Sings Six Songs Sweetly, Sounding So Swell Switc Photo Album Review: Showman Ramin Karimloo Sings Six Songs Sweetly, Sounding So Swell Switching Styles Song To Song On THE ROAD TO FIND OUT-NORTH
by Bobby Patrick - November 12, 2022

This third EP in his ROAD TO FIND OUT series (there has been an EAST, SOUTH & now NORTH editions with WEST next in line presumably) is a part of Ramin’s exploration of his self-termed style, BROADGRASS - a neologism (what? Bobby knows words!!) combining the conceptual make-ups of Bluegrass and Broad...


BWW Interview: John Cameron Mitchell on How HEDWIG Relates to Joe Exotic in JOE VS. C Photo BWW Interview: John Cameron Mitchell on How HEDWIG Relates to Joe Exotic in JOE VS. CAROLE
by Michael Major - March 08, 2022

Tony-winning Hedwig and the Angry Inch writer and star John Cameron Mitchell takes on the character of 'Tiger King' Joe Exotic in Peacock's new limited series, Joe Vs. Carole, alongside Saturday Night Live star Kate McKinnon as Carole Baskin. BroadwayWorld caught up with John Cameron Mitchell to dis...


BWW Review: ACT 1's Bleak Midwinter of Martin McDonagh's THE PILLOWMAN Photo BWW Review: ACT 1's Bleak Midwinter of Martin McDonagh's THE PILLOWMAN
by Jeffrey Ellis - March 05, 2018

Bleak and darkly menacing, playwright Martin McDonagh's view of the world in his blackest of black comedies The Pillowman focuses on the investigation into a series of child murders in a fictional totalitarian state sometime in the near future - or, given the political climate in this real country i...


Shania Twain & Jake Owen Set for Upcoming USA Network Country Music Showcase Series R Photo Shania Twain & Jake Owen Set for Upcoming USA Network Country Music Showcase Series REAL COUNTRY
by Macon Prickett - April 30, 2018

USA Network today announced REAL COUNTRY, a new country music showcase series featuring multi-platinum, five-time GRAMMY Award®-winning trailblazer Shania Twain, and ACM Award-winning and platinum-selling singer-songwriter Jake Owen. Premiering this fall on USA, the eight-part REAL COUNTRY will film...


Randy Travis' 'Fool's Love Affair' Breaks Top 5 On The Texas Regional Radio Chart Photo Randy Travis' 'Fool's Love Affair' Breaks Top 5 On The Texas Regional Radio Chart
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 03, 2021

The New York Times called country music icon Randy Travis’ 2020 release, “Fool’s Love Affair” “a reassuringly sturdy jolt of traditionalism.”...






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